Book Of Aztec Dice Slot Review
Carved glyphs cover every inch of the stone backdrop, gold idol faces glower from the corners of the title banner, and the reels sit inside a heavy gold-edged frame. It’s some of the most ornate dressing you’ll find on a game this plain: Amatic has taken the classic book formula, swapped the card royals for dice, and changed essentially nothing else. The dice are the least interesting thing here. The formula survives on its numbers, and this one’s numbers are unusually good.
It’s a 5×3 grid, 10 paylines, and an RTP of 97.63%, well above the norm for online slots. It sits alongside Double Joker 20, Fortune Joker 10 and Fortune Joker 20 in the Amatic catalogue: plain, fast, no frills. The dice are the only twist, and the reels will tell you quickly whether that’s enough.
Symbols and Pays
Line wins pay leftmost to right on adjacent reels. Ten fixed lines, five reels, three rows. That’s the whole engine, and it’s an engine slot players will already know by heart.
The paytable splits between character symbols and dice. The top payer is the Woman explorer, who pays from just two of a kind, while the white pyramid and the two masked dice sit in the middle. The low end is carried by plain dot dice in green and in purple and orange.
- Woman (explorer): 10 for two, 100 for three, 1,000 for four, 5,000 for five
- Pyramid (white): 5 for two, 40 for three, 400 for four, 2,000 for five
- Dice with red mask: 5 for two, 30 for three, 100 for four, 750 for five
- Dice with green animal: 5 for two, 30 for three, 100 for four, 750 for five
- Green/teal dot dice: 5 for three, 40 for four, 150 for five
- Purple/orange dot dice: 5 for three, 25 for four, 100 for five
- BOOK (wild and scatter): 20 for three, 200 for four, 2,000 for five
The two masked dice pay identically at every count, which makes them a genuine middle tier rather than one symbol shaded above another. Below them the gap widens: the green dot dice pay 150 for five, the purple and orange pair just 100, and neither pays anything at all for a pair. Every value in that list is a multiple of the line bet.
The BOOK does double duty as wild and scatter. It substitutes for every symbol in the game, and three, four or five of them pay from any position rather than on a line. Five BOOKs at 2,000 make it the joint second-richest symbol on the board, level with the pyramid.
Base wins in this game are modest by design. Three matching dice on a line pay 5, and even a wild-substituted three-of-a-kind lands at the same small scale. The reels tick over on those while you wait for the BOOKs to arrive. The real money lives further up the paytable.
Two of the character symbols are worth singling out. The Woman pays from two of a kind, which no other symbol on the dice side manages, and her five-of-a-kind at 5,000 is two and a half times what the pyramid pays for the same count. That gap is what makes her the symbol you want to see selected in the bonus round.
Bonusspins and the Expanding Symbol
Three or more BOOK symbols anywhere on the reels award 10 Bonusspins. The round runs at the same bet and the same number of lines as the spin that triggered it, so there’s no separate stake to think about once you’re inside.
Before the first spin resolves, one expanding symbol is chosen at random. It can be any symbol except the BOOK. From then on, that symbol pays across all active lines, and the symbols in a winning combination don’t need to sit on consecutive reels to count.
That non-consecutive rule is what makes the round work. A screen full of the selected symbol pays as though every line had connected, which is where the game’s biggest moments come from. Land the Woman as the expanding symbol with a full screen and the 5,000 five-of-a-kind value starts multiplying across lines.
Nothing is boosted, multiplied or restructured for the bonus. The difference is purely in how widely the chosen symbol can pay, and that comes down to a single random draw at the door.
The round plays out until every spin has been used, and additional Bonusspins can be won along the way. The order of events, start to finish:
- Land three or more BOOKs anywhere on the reels
- Ten Bonusspins begin at the triggering bet and line count
- One expanding symbol is drawn at random, excluding the BOOK
- The chosen symbol pays across all lines, consecutive reels or not
- Further BOOKs during the round add more spins
- Play continues until no spins remain
Bonus Buy
A Bonus Buy button sits on the right-hand side of the base game screen, so the Bonusspins round can be bought directly rather than waited for. What the purchase buys is exactly the round described above: ten spins, one random expanding symbol, and the chance of retriggers extending it.
The round’s outcome leans heavily on which expanding symbol gets selected, and that selection is random every time. A bought round with the dot dice as the expanding symbol plays very differently to one with the Woman, and there’s no way to influence the draw either way. Buying simply skips the wait; it doesn’t improve the hand you’re dealt once you’re in.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
This is a waiting game dressed in gold. The reels tick over on line wins of 5 for three matching dice until the BOOKs finally line up, and the dice never make any of it feel different from a dozen other book slots. The one reason to choose it over those is the return: 97.63% is a figure most games in this family simply don’t offer.
That return rate is the strength, and it’s a substantial one. The weakness is that the round you’re waiting for rests on a single random draw. Draw the dot dice as your expanding symbol and ten spins can pass with barely a whimper; draw the Woman and the same round sings. You get no say in which, and nothing between features fills the silence.
It’s for players who want the classic book round at a genuinely generous return, with nothing flashier wrapped around it. For them, the gold frame holds a game that gives more back than most on this shelf.
Book Of Aztec Dice FAQs
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What is the RTP of Book Of Aztec Dice?
The RTP is 97.63%, which is well above the average for online slots. -
How do you trigger the Bonusspins in Book Of Aztec Dice?
You need BOOK symbols on the reels, three or more of them, in any position. The same symbol also acts as the game’s wild, substituting for all others. -
How does the expanding symbol work in Book Of Aztec Dice?
One expanding symbol is drawn at random before the Bonusspins begin. It can be any symbol except the BOOK, and it pays across all active lines without needing to sit on consecutive reels. -
Can the Bonusspins round retrigger?
Yes. Additional Bonusspins can be won during the round, and play continues until every spin has been used. -
Can you buy the bonus on Book Of Aztec Dice?
Yes, a Bonus Buy button is available on the right-hand side of the base game screen, letting you purchase the Bonusspins round directly. -
What does the BOOK symbol do in Book Of Aztec Dice?
The BOOK is both wild and scatter. It substitutes for all symbols, pays from any position with three, four or five copies, and three or more trigger the Bonusspins round. -
How many paylines does Book Of Aztec Dice have?
The game has 10 paylines, with line wins paying leftmost to right on adjacent reels. -
Who makes Book Of Aztec Dice?
Book Of Aztec Dice is made by Amatic. Its release date is 3 May 2023.
